State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Delaware, $59,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.1%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Carpenters
- Median
- $59,200
- p25
- $48,560
- p75
- $75,380
- p10
- $45,160
- p90
- $81,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Illinois
Carpenters
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $56,160
- p75
- $106,950
- p10
- $39,890
- p90
- $117,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.